Looking at the strange expressions of the ministers, Zhao Ji felt bitter in his heart, but more of it was fear and a deep sense of powerlessness.

This Sun Tu is really terrifying, he is more cautious and more powerful than many usurpers in history that he knows. Compared with him, the actions of Dong Zhuo Cao Cao in the late Han Dynasty and the later Sima clan, or the warlords in the late Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties who held military power and continued to seize the throne were too crude and simple, and they were too easy to be realized. And what's even more terrifying is that Sun Tu relies on this, even now, no one can see through it.

After a wry smile, Zhao Ji finally said: "Zhang Qing is indeed to blame Taiwei Sun this time, he has never had the intention of being self-reliant on my behalf, everything is a decision made by me knowing that I am guilty of a lot of sin, and I can't make a decision to bring disaster to the country and the people in this high position." As for the successor to the throne of the Emperor—" As he spoke, his gaze looked out of the hall, and as the little figure came up the long staircase to the front of the temple, he also said the name of the person: "Chai Xun! ”

Hearing this extremely unfamiliar name, the ministers in the hall were stunned, their faces were inexplicable, they didn't know how this person He De could accept such a heavy position of the Son of Heaven, and even Zhang Yan and other courtiers who originally planned to oppose Zhao Ji no matter what he said about the succession to the throne also fell silent for a short time, looking at each other, not knowing how to respond.

Immediately, everyone found that under the escort of more than 20 soldiers of the forbidden army, a child dressed in luxurious robes and with a good temperament, but only in his early tens, was stepping into the temple. When he saw Zhao Ji, who was high above, he didn't panic too much, and according to the etiquette that a courtier should have, he bowed down to the emperor: "Minister Chai Xun knocks to see Your Majesty." ”

This is Chai Xun? The one who will succeed the Son of Heaven? But who is he, and why is he sitting in this position? Even if it is replaced by the abolished prince Zhao Huan, or even Sun Tu himself becomes the emperor, everyone can still accept it, but how can such a young, little-known, and illustrious Huangkou child be elected as the next son of heaven?

There was no need for Zhang gradually to come out to oppose and question again, and at that moment, more than a dozen officials jumped out of the minister's class one after another, and said loudly: "Please forgive your majesty for being disrespectful, this matter is really unacceptable to the ministers." This son is neither a clan, nor has he made any great contributions to my Great Song Dynasty, how can he occupy such a high position? ”

"Your Majesty, the position of the Son of Heaven is related to the world's society and hundreds of millions of people, how can it be such a child's play? Chen Wan can't accept such a thing! ”

"Your Majesty......"

In the face of the scrutiny and hostility of so many people, the young Chai Xun finally felt a panic, and his little body kneeling on the ground began to tremble, and his eyes kept looking around, just like a drowning man grasping a life-saving straw, trying to find a support. In the end, his gaze fell on the person at the forefront, and someone followed his gaze and happened to see Sun Tu stepping out.

He only swept his gaze on the faces of those officials who were still arguing, and these people suddenly shook their bodies, and they all stopped talking, and the atmosphere in the hall was also solemn. Then, Sun Tucai snorted: "You and the others are all important ministers of the imperial court, but now you are noisy with the idlers in the streets and alleys, it is really unreasonable!" ”

After a pause, Fang slowed down his tone and said: "I know what you are questioning, I feel that Chai Xun is not qualified enough, and it seems that there is a distance of 108,000 miles from the emperor's position, Your Majesty's decision is completely nonsense, right?" ”

Maybe many people do what they say in their hearts, but they dare not show it on the surface, so they can only remain silent. But Sun Tu's eyes were fixed on Zhang Yan, he knew very well that this person was the biggest obstacle that needed to be overcome today, as long as he had nothing to say, he would be able to subdue the hundred officials and smoothly let Zhao Ji abdicate.

But even Zhang Yan was in a panic after being targeted by Sun Tu like this, Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng, Li Gang, Song Jiang...... The deaths of important ministers of the DPRK who were once much higher than him hovered in his mind, and they were all enemies of Sun Tu, and he didn't want to follow in the footsteps of these people.

However, as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, as an old minister of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhang gradually had to deal with Sun Tu for the belief in his heart, so he couldn't just let him abolish the Son of Heaven - although it sounds like a Zen position, it is actually abolished!

After exhaling a long breath of turbidity, Zhang Yan finally gritted his teeth and looked back at Sun Tu: "What Taiwei Sun said is that it is indeed difficult for the old man to agree that such an outsider who has nothing to do with my Zhao Song and such a yellow-mouthed erector will come to the lord of the world. In comparison, it is Mrs. Sun that you are more suitable. ”

"Haha, I'm a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, how can I do the usurpation of the throne of a certain dynasty, isn't that to provoke the people of the world to condemn together?" Sun Tu shook his head with a smile, and immediately rejected the other party's proposal, and then said with a solemn face: "As for you saying that this Chai Xun has nothing to do with my Great Song, it is not right. Zhang Shangshu, you are also a person who has read poetry and books and is familiar with history, haven't you seen a clue from his surname and the inextricable relationship between him and Zhao Song? ”

Zhang was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought: "Chai Xun, Chai family, Chai family......" Suddenly, he raised his eyebrows, and his face showed great surprise: "Could it be that this person is actually ...... is actually the descendant of Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong? ”

Just this sentence suddenly made the faces of the other people in the hall change again, some were surprised, some were sudden, and more were full of jealousy. is not afraid of Chai Xun's identity, but the means of being afraid of Sun Tu, in order to find a legitimate reason to drive the Zhao family away from the throne, he actually found such a person!

And judging from all kinds of signs, it is obvious that Sun Tu has already held this trump card many years ago, that is to say, as early as many years ago, he had the intention to overturn Zhao Ji and even the entire Zhao family from the throne of the lord of the world. Such a scheming method makes people's backs chill when they think about it.

Yes, in fact, as early as when he was still in Shandong, Sun Tu was already planning for this day, so he would keep Chai Jin by his side. It is said that at that time, he kept Chai Jin and had another purpose, that is, once he really started a war with the imperial court, he could also play the banner of restoring the descendants of the Chai family, pointing out that the Zhao family was not in the right position.

It's just that later, as Sun Tu's status continues to improve, this trick is useless. But Chai Jin, as well as his sons, were still raised by Sun Tu. It wasn't until this time that his grandson Chai Xun played a decisive role, but this is also a good thing for Chai Jin, at least let the Chai family regain the highest peak, even if it is a puppet, and the time to be the emperor is afraid will not be too long.

However, he is the descendant of Chai Zongxun, who was robbed of the throne by Taizu Zhao Kuangyin. I think that at the beginning, Zhao Kuangyin in that troubled era because of the suspicion of the Zhou Dynasty and the young country, and was afraid that the Han family would be invaded by foreign tribes, so he brazenly launched a mutiny in Chenqiao, which led to the century-old Song Dynasty. And today, Zhao Ji lost his way, causing the people of the world to suffer, and he knew his guilt, so he decided to return the world to the descendants of the Chai family, dare to ask, is there anything wrong with this? ”

After a pause, Sun Tu showed a hint of a smile: "I think if this matter is passed on to future generations, it will only be recited by thousands of generations, bluntly saying that my Han people are really more wise people for the country and the people, and less people who want power." Its reputation is not even under sages like Yao Chuanshun and Shun Chuanyu, right? ”

Well, when Sun Tu said this, he really let him occupy the moral high ground. made Zhang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, not know how to refute for a while, in fact, he really couldn't come up with enough reasons to oppose this out.

In fact, everyone knows that letting Zhao Ji Chan take the position of Chai Xun is just an excess, there will always be one day, or one or two or two or three years later, he will come again and give the emperor's position to Sun Tu - and at that time, Sun Tu will become justified in this position, and no one can question it anymore, after all, he was only Song Chen before, and then Chai Xun was still supported by him to protect him, naturally there is no such bad consequences as Cao Pi and Sima Yan - but no one can find anything wrong at this moment.

And what is even more alarming is that after Sun Tu has completely clarified this point, it means that he has pushed himself to the same position as Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.

The founding of the Zhao Song Dynasty was actually a very disgraceful thing, it was Zhao Kuangyin, who held the military power at that time, pretended to have Liao people who committed the border, and then suddenly launched a mutiny in Chenqiao after leading the army out of the city, killed back to Bianjing, and seized the emperor of orphans and widows. On the contrary, what Sun Tu did today, at least much stronger than him, he did not bully any orphans and widows, and the merits made by more than ten years of the north-south campaign were even higher than Zhao Kuangyin's back then!

So if someone really thinks that Sun Tu is a rebel minister, it will even scold Zhao Kuangyin. Oh, by the way, it's like inheriting genes, just after Zhao Kuangyin's death, his younger brother Zhao Guangyi actually copied his brother's practice again, and also took the throne from his nephew. So no matter what you say, as long as you think that Sun Tu's behavior is problematic, it is a denial of the legitimacy of Zhao and Song for a hundred years, and it is even more natural for Sun Tu to steal his throne.

This is a dead end that can't be walked from any way, Rao is Zhang Jian and others, after thinking hard, they can't come up with a reason to refute it, plus Sun Tu is already in power, and he is a foregone conclusion.

After a period of silence, finally with Tong Mu, the prime minister, taking the lead in expressing his position, the ministers then made a decision to accept the facts. Anyway, no matter how they oppose the struggle, they can't change Sun Tu's mind in the end, so let's calmly meet the reality of Zhao Song's end.

On the fifteenth day of the eleventh year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, issued an edict to sin himself, and at the same time invited himself to the position of emperor, and Chai Xun, the descendant of the Zhou Chai family after the Zen throne. At the beginning of the first month of next year, the country name will be changed to Zhou, Yuan, and Jingkang......

In the eleventh year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, the Zhao and Song dynasties, which had existed for a hundred years, came to an end!